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Bruz | |
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Coordinates: 48°01′32″N 1°44′41″W / 48.0256°N 1.7447°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Ille-et-Vilaine |
Arrondissement | Rennes |
Canton | Bruz |
Intercommunality | Rennes Métropole |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Salmon[1] |
Area 1 | 29.95 km2 (11.56 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 19,651 |
• Density | 660/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 35047 /35170 |
Elevation | 12–99 m (39–325 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Bruz (French pronunciation: [bʁy] or [bʁyz]) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.
Bruz is located near the center of the Ille-et-Vilaine department, 14 km from Rennes. It is near the confluence of the rivers Vilaine and Seiche.
Inhabitants of Bruz are called Bruzois in French.
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Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4] |
The current mayor is Philippe Salmon, elected in 2020.[1] Previous mayors are:
Several streets and places are named after previous mayors : François Joly (from 1919 to 1944), Joseph Jan.
The mairie (City hall) is right in the centre of the town.
In 2008, 3.76% of children attended bilingual primary schools.[5] The municipality signed the Ya d'ar brezhoneg charter on 1 October 2011.[6]
The Breton name of the commune is also Bruz.
On June 6, 1884, a quarry accident took place in Bruz that killed eight people, including two children. The catastrophe du Boël (disaster of Boël) resulted from a landslide that occurred in a quarry used to extract red shale for use in building. The quarry was located in a location called Boël
Bruz houses 2e régiment du matériel (2nd RMAT).